2x10 problems

[SidVicious1978]

i have 2x10 200w but i want to turn it in too 400w what would i have to do

[Ou7shined]

Draw an 11 after the 10 on your amps volume knob.

[SidVicious1978]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1331493' date='Aug 7 2011, 10:52 PM']Draw an 11 after the 10 on your amps volume knob.[/quote]

lol spinal tap but i was thinking in taking out the speakers and replacing them with 200w each but would i need to change the tweeter

[Mr. Foxen]

For all the odds it makes, might as well tippex out the 2 and replace with a 4. The RMS wattage is not a useful sort of number to base cab performance on. 400w drivers might fart out earlier than the ones in there, and be quieter.

[SidVicious1978]

it crackes alot when powered half way powered by ashdown 300w head

[SidVicious1978]

plus the cab it self say 8 ohms but the speakers are 16 ohms each

[Mr. Foxen]

Two 16 ohm speakers in parallel makes 8ohm, so that is fine. Crackling rather than farting sounds like a loose connection, so check that first. The watt rating is nothing to do with bad noises from speakers though. If you find they are melting, then you want to look at that rating.

[SidVicious1978]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1331514' date='Aug 7 2011, 11:15 PM']Two 16 ohm speakers in parallel makes 8ohm, so that is fine. Crackling rather than farting sounds like a loose connection, so check that first. The watt rating is nothing to do with bad noises from speakers though. If you find they are melting, then you want to look at that rating.[/quote]


thanks i will have a look now

[SidVicious1978]

more of a farting sound

[Mr. Foxen]

That would probably be the speakers hitting their excursion limit. Means you need more of them, or to back off the bass on your amp. And shut off the ashdown sub octave.

[SidVicious1978]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1331566' date='Aug 8 2011, 12:18 AM']That would probably be the speakers hitting their excursion limit. Means you need more of them, or to back off the bass on your amp. And shut off the ashdown sub octave.[/quote]
cheers so if i changed the speaker to 200w would that still happen

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='SidVicious1978' post='1331583' date='Aug 8 2011, 12:38 AM']cheers so if i changed the speaker to 200w would that still happen[/quote]

You'd have a 200w speaker in it, that's all. The watt rating is nothing to do with when the speaker breaks up, it is just the point where the voice coil melts or fails. Chances are the speaker would also be different in a bunch of other ways, likely ones that would make it fart at lower volumes as it wouldn't be as suited to the cab.

[SidVicious1978]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1331596' date='Aug 8 2011, 12:58 AM']You'd have a 200w speaker in it, that's all. The watt rating is nothing to do with when the speaker breaks up, it is just the point where the voice coil melts or fails. Chances are the speaker would also be different in a bunch of other ways, likely ones that would make it fart at lower volumes as it wouldn't be as suited to the cab.[/quote]
the speakers are 150w each

[SidVicious1978]

would it help if i had about one to balance out the power

[Mr. Foxen]

not quite sure what you mean by that. But basically, you have a cabinet that isn't doing what you require of it. Changing speakers will not help. You need a better cabinet, or more of the same, if you want that sound, but louder.

[Delberthot]

Just cos you've got the power don't mean you've got the [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHw0yzxHbQ"]right[/url]

You need to do more than change two 100 speakers for two 200w ones. they need to match the cab that they are going into or they will sound really sh*te